Archives West Finding Aid

Feeding squirrel. Man and woman working in an office. Bison walking, boys waving. Woman and boys standing on shore. Totem poles. Two men playing giant checker board, using sticks to pick up pieces. People swimming. Train car. Two women walking with stroller. Outdoor stage performance. Canadian Pacific train. "Entering Bellingham Population 32000" sign on side of road. Metal ferry with little portholes coming in. Boy holding sign "Jan 10 1941". Boy blowing out candles on cake. Boys playing with wheelbarrow. Woman feeding baby goat. Large banked wooden ship, boys climbing on it. Man speaking in microphone next to tree. Canoeing. Lake Washington Bridge in Seattle, Washington. Parade, princess with flowers and guards walking in procession.

Marching band. Turkey farm. Sunset. Faraway mountain. Northwest Nazarene College building in Nampa, Idaho. Little girl running around in flower garden, smelling flowers, walking around with broom. Woman and boy working vegetable garden. Little boys playing in water. Boys playing in snow, throwing snowballs. Children holding bunnies. Bride and groom. Outdoor feasts. Boys playing on rocks and water.

Family gets in station wagon, drive away. Man and kids on speedboat, kids play in water with ducks. RV. Beach, Construction. House and portable homes being lifted. Intertitles read:Rayner's Trip to New York On board the Olympian; Going Up the Bitterroot Mountains; Lake Michigan and Scene Near Evanston, March 1944. Remington Factory and School. Niagara Falls. Going across Lake Ontario. Empire State Building, Coney Island, Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, and scenes of Central Park in New York.

Home movies of family vacation to Yosemite National Park; also includes San Francisco Zoo and the tallest redwood tree.

Family playing in snow. Sailboats. Building a fence. View of Heacock Sash & Door Company in Portland, Oregon. Fireworks. Man fixes house. Boy plays up-right bass, boy plays tuba. Ice skating rink, skiing. Little girl with pansies. American Heritage float, marching band, fair rides. Water skiing. Family poses for camera.

Crowd of people waving on cruise ship. Golden Gate bridge. Throwing streamers from cruise ship. Hula dancers welcoming visitors. Pig roast luau. Fishing in canoe. Dress shopping. Surfing. Fishing, showing the day's catch. Sailboats.

Family reunion and gathering. Speed boat race. Parade, floats, cooks with oversized frying pan, men eating for contest. Orchids, boy playing drum, parade floats. White mouse in shoe, cat chases it, mouse crawls onto boy. Scenes from Norma Beach Park in Edmonds, Washington. People eating at banquet table. Site of Holly Park Friends Church. People gathered and digging with shovel, eating. Girl opens presents.

Rotisserie cooking, hamburgers, people sitting at tables. People leaving church. Covered wagon, water trough, mules, goat horse drawn carriage, kids riding mules, train, people walking, on swing set, little girls play on playground. Man and woman in house with "For Sale" sign. Shops. Advertisements on the way to the Los Angeles city limits, California. Mission San Juan Capistrano. Boy with flock of birds, garden. Space Needle in Seattle, Washington. Riding in boat past flamingoes, waterfall, rocks.

Driving past mountains, water, fields, view of city. Seacliff Beach State Park. Cliffs, beach, written on sand: "4-3-50 Santa Cruz." People fishing on boat. Altair Dancing Bathing. Women in bathing suits, swimming, rock face. Navajo Loop Trail. Carlsbad Cavern National Park. Sawmill Geyser. Firehouse pool.

Ocean, people on dock, swimming. Bridge connecting building and ship. People on board, people on dock. Sailboat,speedboat, view of city. Women pose for camera. Buffet and servers. Barge. Hula dancers in front of sign: "Matson Lines." In town. On the beach. At pineapple farm. Sunset. Fishing on boat. Coast. Beach. Swimming.

People on boat. Captain at wheel. Various ships in water. Front of boat rising with waves. "All American City Ketchikan." Women walking out of "Red Dog Saloon." "White pass" train car. Motor home with little white poodle running around. View of small buildings, shacks, and detritus from boat. Tourists looking at pelt-covered building. Trained dogs doing tricks on blocks of wood on river bank. "Earthquake Park" sign. Glaciers and mountains. Woman and two young boys walking and playing at campground.

San Diego Zoo and Sea World. Ensenada, Mexico. Women walking on sidewalk, someone selling woven baskets. Waves making large splashes in front of women on rocks. Elaborate water play with actors on ferried lines and boats tugged by dolphins and fake volcano. Woman pushing little girl in dolphin-shaped stroller. Man riding two dolphins like skis, holding onto rope tied to their bodies. Man doing flips on trampoline.

Eugene & Marcelle steam engine vehicles rolling around lawn. Motors running but no in motion. Plowing the ground with steam engine vehicle. Two cows using manual plow. View from small steam train, grass. Man riding bull. Man and woman standing. Docks on lake. Waterfall. Mountaintop forest road.

On boatSouth Seas Mama. People socialize on boat. Woman selling necklaces on island. Getting on airplane. "Bower Tunnel traffic to Milford for 25 minues after each hours." Snow-capped mountains, waterfalls. People on cable car/ski lift. View of mountains, waterfalls. View of city. People on cable car/ski lift. People with horses, ponies; riding in car; people sitting in grass. Cathedral, statue. Train. Outdoor Christmas tree. People with koala, kangaroo.

"Parks Canada Radium Hot Springs Aqua Court" sign. Swimming pool. Buffalo in the snow. Men standing in front of tour bus. Building in snow, river and bus in snow. Mountain. Train going by in front of mountain. Goats in snow. Waterfall. Aerial of river and mountains. Otters, penguins. Girl plowing ground. Girl running, with boy on bike with boy running behind her. Man standing next to water mill. Toy train. Hurricane Ridge.